Mr. Langworthy hits on a key point of New York’s fundamentally corrupt electoral fusion system – all of this chasing of third, fourth, and fifth lines involves extortion and bribery. All of it. Every single one.

But the system itself can’t be reformed as long as fusion is permitted to be legal. You can bet that just about very time a politico chases a minor party fusion line, there’s some degree of corruption afoot. The “Independence Party” is the worst, but they’re all cut from the same cloth.

IDC’s Savino tells BuffNews just now Cuomo is “desperately trying to seek support of fringe 3rd party so saying whatever he has to say.”